%0 Journal Article
%T Urban Democracy: A South Asian Perspective
%A Marie-H¨¦l¨¨ne Z¨¦rah
%A St¨¦phanie Tawa£¿Lama-Rewal
%J South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
%D 2011
%I Centre d¡¯Etudes de l¡¯Inde et de l¡¯Asie du Sud
%X The ¡®urban question¡¯ has attracted increasing attention since the 1990s in the South Asian context because the issues at stake take on a particular urgency in the subcontinent for several reasons. A first, obvious reason is the increasing (and even strategic) importance of cities from a demographic, political and economic perspective. South Asia is home to 5 of the 10 largest cities¡ªin fact, megacities¡ªin the world. At the same time, with an urban population of 485 million, South Asia remains...
%K Karachi
%K Kolkata
%K Mumbai
%K local democracy
%K urban governance
%K urban studies
%K cities
%K citizenship
%K Ahmedabad
%U http://samaj.revues.org/3188